What is the latest price of cordyceps per jin, and how should you eat it for the best results?
In many TV dramas and films, cordyceps is also often mentioned as a precious nutritional health tonic and medicinal ingredient, and because it is now so rare, its price is relatively high. So what is the latest price of cordyceps per jin? How should you eat it for the best results?
1. What is cordyceps?
1. Overview of cordyceps
Cordyceps is the complex formed by the stroma of the fungus Cordyceps sinensis (family Clavicipitaceae) parasitizing the larvae of moths of the family Hepialidae, together with the larval cadaver. Its main active components are cordycepin, cordycepic acid (that is, D-mannitol), cordyceps polysaccharides and other substances beneficial for absorption by the human body. At present, China has more than 190 species of cordyceps, and the better-known Cordyceps sinensis is only one of them.
2. Distribution of cordyceps
Cordyceps, also known as Cordyceps sinensis or winter worm summer grass, is mainly produced on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China. Fully wild Cordyceps sinensis is further divided by professionals into Qinghai grass (meaning produced within Qinghai Province), Tibetan grass (described by some as produced within the Tibet Autonomous Region), Sichuan grass (meaning produced within Sichuan Province), Yunnan grass, Gansu grass, Lu grass, Guan grass and so on. In addition, there is also a small amount distributed in Yunnan, Gansu, Northeast China and other places within China.
3. Classification of cordyceps
So far, genuine Cordyceps sinensis is all wild, because as a fungal-algal organism that grows in the unique ecological environment of the plateau, artificial cultivation is still impossible to achieve. Therefore, you must be careful of unscrupulous traders on the market passing off other cordyceps as Cordyceps sinensis. At present, some common cordyceps species include Cordyceps hawkesii, Cordyceps liangshanensis, Cordyceps militaris, Cordyceps xinjiangensis and so on.
2. What is the latest price of cordyceps per jin?
At present, the cordyceps sold on the market includes cordyceps powder, cordyceps tablets, gift boxes and loose cordyceps, and the prices are all different. The latest prices are compiled below for your reference:
1. Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Cordyceps sinensis from Nagqu, Tibet, with a net content of 0.5g-0.8g: 21 yuan for one piece, 20.8 yuan per piece for 10 or more, and 19.8 yuan per piece for 50 or more;
2. The price of a premium Cordyceps sinensis gift box in Nanchang, Jiangxi is 4680 yuan per box;
3. The price of Cordyceps militaris pressed candy in Dongying City, Shandong is 0.15 yuan per tablet for purchases of 200000 tablets or more.
3. How should cordyceps be eaten for the best results?
Cordyceps is a famous tonic in China. It is neutral in nature and sweet in taste, and has the functions of tonifying the lungs and kidneys, stopping cough and calming asthma, benefiting deficiency and damage, and nourishing essence and qi. It has a certain effect on treating pulmonary tuberculosis with coughing of blood, impotence and spermatorrhea and other conditions. But if you want to bring out its best effects, how to eat it is still a question very much worth attention. The ways to eat cordyceps are briefly introduced below:
1. Simple method——drink cordyceps boiled in water
Rinse the purchased cordyceps briefly with clean water to remove the dust on the surface, then boil it in a kettle and drink. Alternatively, brewing it with boiling water is also fine, until the taste of the tea becomes weak.
2. Widely beneficial——eat it stewed in soup or with meat
Stew cordyceps together with pork ribs, beef and so on, and the whole family can drink it together. Moreover, stewed cordyceps has a kind of soft fragrance and has a certain anti-aging effect, but note that cordyceps should not be stewed for too long, as a long time will cause a loss of nutrients.
3. Quick and convenient——grind into powder and take it
Now in many pharmacies, cordyceps can be ground into powder and put into capsules, which can be carried around in daily life and taken in fixed amounts at set times.
The above is the complete introduction to cordyceps. Although it has many effects and functions, people with yin deficiency and excessive fire, severe inflammation, and infants and children should all avoid eating it, so as to avoid worsening the condition or causing other adverse reactions.